The Centre for Continuing Education of Osteopathy was founded in 2015 by Maureen Norah Maher, Internationally Accredited Manual Osteopath Practitioner, in order to address the shortage off Osteopathic Continuing Education. She also holds a great desire to give back to the community and a profession that has been so fulfilling to her, and share over a decade of acquired experience and knowledge. As an Internationally Accredited Osteopathic Practitioner, Maureen Norah Maher has over twelve years of clinical experience, as well as being a former clinic owner and director in Montreal for over eight years. Maureen brings extensive knowledge in Osteopathy to her educational seminars. Maureen was born and raised in Montreal, the birthplace of Osteopathy in Canada, and has studied under some of the great European Osteopaths of our generation.

 

Maureen began practicing Osteopath full time after completing her thesis in 2003 and she currently practices on a limited part-time basis. Unlike abbreviate Osteopathy courses than are currently offered in Canada, Maureen has met all requirements for becoming a Primary Care Practitioner of Osteopathy according to international standards and a DO or DOMP in Canada. This includes a university degree in the health sciences, 3-6 years of intensive study within the field of Osteopathy, the completion of a thesis, accreditation evaluation as a primary care practitioner, writing and publication of dozens of case studies. Maureen trained in medical imaging including radiology and MRIs according to international Osteopathic standards when undergoing foreign accreditation evaluation, but cannot legally requisition such imaging in as a non-medical DO or DOMP.

 

Throughout her career, Maureen has been an accredited member in good standing in several provinces across Canada, as well as overseas. Throughout her career, Maureen has been a member in good standing with SCMMAC in Quebec, Society of Osteopaths of Canada (SOC), was an accredited member the Ontario Federation of Osteopathic Professionals (OFOP), has been a member of the Corporation des Praticiens en Medecine Douces du Quebec since 2002, is a former member of the Society for the Promotion of Manual Practice Osteopathy in British Columbia (now Osteopathy BC), as well as being an Associate Overseas member of the Australian Osteopathic Association (AOA) since 2008.

 

In 2008 she underwent accreditation evaluation for foreign trained Osteopaths in Perth, Western Australia. This led to an offer to practice in one of Singapore's leading Osteopathic Clinics, giving her the distinction of having been the first Canadian trained Osteopath to be approved to practice in South East Asia. She also completed partial accreditation with the General Osteopathic Council in the United Kingdom (GOSC, UK) but due to the prevailing economic conditions in Europe, chose not to complete this accreditation . She completed her undergraduate studies at McGill University with a major in Psychology in 1989. She then completed her Osteopathic training in 2003 with the College d'osteopathie du Quebec a Montreal where she was awarded the title Doctor of Osteopathy. Maureen chose the COQM for its curriculum emphasis on Cranial Osteopathy and studied under French Cranial Osteopath Jean Lemoyne for a full year, as well as an additional 2-3 years of complete Osteopathic training under other great European Osteopaths and Medical Professionals. Her thesis was within the field of Cranial Osteopathy, examining the connection between Temporal Lobe Disorders and Myofascial and Muscular Chain Links. Maureen's interest in healthcare has taken her from the east coast to the west coast of Canada to Europe, Australia, as well as Southeast Asia where she worked in Singapore alongside a fully international team of health care practitioners.

 

For eight years Maureen was the owner and director of Centre Osteopathie Plus, a multi-disciplinary clinic on the north shore of Montreal, where she successfully treated hundreds of patients each year. Many of her patients came to her via word-of-mouth, but increasingly patients were also referred by family physicians, specialists, and other health care practitioners. To date, Maureen has treated over three thousand patients.

 

Maureen has collaborated in the curriculum design of a new Osteopathic College, and has taught continuing education seminars at the Ontario College of Osteopathy in Markham, Ontario as well as in Quebec, and Singapore. She has written many articles that were published in various community newspapers and magazines across Canada, and is currently writing a professional autobiography that will be entitled "Confessions of an Osteopath". Students of Osteopathy continuing education say that Maureen's teaching style is animated, engaging, but most importantly, informative. Her gift lies in communicating complex theories in simple terms and analogies. Her students come away with a clear grasp of Osteopathic concepts for treatment, and practical knowledge of how to apply them. Students who enroll in any of our continuing education seminars can contact Maureen at any future date with clinical questions. As a result, many Osteopaths worldwide still consult with her today regarding challenging Osteopathy cases.

 

Maureen is fluent in English, French, and Spanish and offers osteopathic educational seminars in English and French.